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Snyder airman to be memorialized 75 years after his bomber crashed

March Field Air Museum / Associated Press
In this undated photo, Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Vincent J. Rogers Jr. poses for a photo at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Madison, WI.

A date has been set to remember a New York airman who died in World War II, 75 years after his bomber crashed in the Pacific.

The Press-Enterprise reports that a memorial service for Staff Sgt. Vincent J. Rogers of Snyder will be held June 5 at the Riverside National Cemetery.

Rogers' remains were identified earlier this year after being recovered from the Pacific atoll of Tarawa. Rogers and six others crew members died when their B-24 bomber crashed into a lagoon in January 1944.

The airman's story is the centerpiece of an exhibit at the March Field Air Museum, which is near the airfield where he trained and the Riverside cemetery. The exhibit features his letters and other artifacts of his service.

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